Simple past and past perfect tense exercise

Complete the following sentences.

1. The ghost -----------1----------- (make) his second appearance on Sunday night shortly after the boys --------------2-------------- (go) to bed. They were alarmed by a fearful crash in the hall. Rushing downstairs, they --------------3------------ (find) that an old suit of armour ---------------4-------------- (detach) from its stand and ----------------5--------------- (fall) on the stone floor. They also ------------6-------------- (find) the Canterville Ghost sitting in a high backed chair with acute agony on his face. The twins -------------7-------------- (bring) their peashooters with them and at once -----------8----------- (discharge) two pellets at him with such accuracy of aim that can only be attained through long and careful practice. The ghost --------------9----------- (leap) up with a wild shriek of rage.

Answers

1. The ghost made his second appearance on Sunday night shortly after the boys had gone to bed. They were alarmed by a fearful crash. Rushing downstairs, they found that an old suit of armour had detached from its stand and had fallen on the stone floor. They also found the Canterville Ghost sitting in a high backed chair with acute agony on his face. The twins had brought their peashooters with them and at once discharged two pellets at him with such accuracy of aim that can only be attained through long and careful practice. The ghost leaped up with a wild shriek of rage.

Sections in this article

Tenses
The simple present tense
The present progressive tense
The present perfect tense
The present perfect progressive tense
Present tenses to talk about the future
The simple past tense
The past progressive tense
The past perfect tense
The past perfect progressive tense
Past verb forms with present or future meaning
The simple future tense
The future progressive tense
The future perfect tense

See also

Common mistakes in the use of nouns
Common mistakes in the use of nouns | Exercise 1
Common mistakes in the use of nouns | Exercise 2
Common mistakes in the use of nouns | Exercise 3

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